Posts About "Steve Montador"

December 15th, 2017I worry about my kids playing hockey. Sometimes I fear my love for the sport will influence them too much. Other times, I am concerned that a certain hockey mentality will shape their character in ways their mother won’t like. Most of all, I worry I am encouraging them to play a dangerous sport.
All sport involves some sort of risk,...

December 30th, 2015The hockey community lost a number of important members over the course of the past year. The impacts that they had on the game in various countries and eras was indelible. Without them, the game as we know it would not be the same. Here, we remember their accomplishments.
JP Parise, LW, Minnesota North Stars
The father of current...

December 9th, 2015A collection of all the latest news from around the world of hockey:
Latest from the NHL board of governors meetings: There will no longer be draft pick compensation for executives. . The Salary Cap is going up. . Updates on expansion. ,
Tough news about Pascal Dupuis. He's the kind of guy everyone wants on their team. ,...

May 13th, 2015His smile was as big as a kid in a candy store.
Although Ben Bishop was born in Denver, he called St. Louis his home. The not-so-averaged-sized teenager muscled his way through the amateur ranks, playing for the Kirkwood Stars and the Junior Blues. He went on to Chaminade College Preparatory School, where he shined as the team's...

April 22nd, 2015The death of former Chicago Blackhawks player Steve Montador has had ripples that continue to move throughout the hockey community, as Daniel Carcillo's piece in the Players' Tribune proved today.
The forward for the Chicago Blackhawks spoke on-camera about his personal friendship with Montador, who Carcillo refers to as Monty...

April 9th, 2015
When former NHL defenseman Steve Montador passed away in February, the entire NHL community was left in shock as the 35-year old passed away of what the police deemed to be "natural causes". Now, just under two months after the man who was known for his charity work off the ice will be remembered forever thanks in part to a former...

March 2nd, 2015Zdeno Chara has come a long way in his NHL career -- from looking like an awkward giant on skates with the New York Islanders in 1997 to becoming a solid NHL top-pair defenseman with the Ottawa Senators to captaining the Boston Bruins to the 2010 Stanley Cup (the franchise's first in some 38 years). Zee, as his teammates call him, became...

February 18th, 2015Should the Panthers be interested in Phil Kessel?
The Western Conference playoff race will be going down to the wire.
No one seems to know if Jeff Petry is actually good or not.
Minnesota isn't sold on Dubnyk enough to sign him just yet.
Do the Red Wings have another prospect gem in Teemu Pulkkinen?
The Ducks are...

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